This is a guide for solving problems in the electrical circuits of a home - shorts, loose connections, GFCIs tripping, etc. The book is thorough but not overly technical, and gives over 30 helpful... More > black and white diagrams and charts. Homeowners will come to understand their wiring system and what can happen to it. Many problems will become easy to fix with confidence.< Less

This book is for anyone that lives off-grid or would like to live an off-grid homesteader lifestyle. It is 355 pages and includes detailed step-by-step plans, full color pictures, and material list... More > for building an off-grid cabin and over 30 useful homestead projects. Also included are directions for installing a small solar and wind power system, rain water harvest system, composting toilet, outdoor wood furnace and more... This ebook is printable and works on Linux, Windows, and Mac!< Less

Cattail Cabin: These are complete plans for building the 16x16 Cattail Cabin and includes plans for the porch and 10x16 addition. Also included are instructions for the basic solar power, water,... More > septic and heat systems. The book is full color with over 80 pictures and detailed diagrams with dimensions.< Less

Penobscot Cabin Plans: The Penobscot cabin is named for the Penobscot Native Americans and is a 12x20 cabin designed for off-grid living, vacation cabin, accessory dwelling unit or other purpose.... More > Plans are 29 pages full color printable and include detailed framing plans with dimensions and instruction, porch framing plan, floor plan ideas, material list, basic solar power system instructions and recommendations for all off grid systems. This is a great cabin project for a person with basic construction skills.< Less

Michael S. Anders, founder www.plumeria101.com presents Plumeria Rainbow... a fine Photo book with over 80 stunning full page Plumeria photographs. Each beautiful flower photo is identified by name... More > for quick cultivar referencing. This is volume one, in a highly collectable photo book series for Plumeria lovers around the world. This is a must have.< Less

The Rocky Mountain area is noted for challenging growing conditions and a great diversity of plant life. From this plant diversity, the authors have selected 518 species of native plants suitable... More > for use in horticulture and native plant landscaping. The selected species include trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, cacti, grasses, and wildflowers. Culture and propagation information are provided for each species and color photos are provided for most species.< Less

We have always loved the look and feel of stone houses. They have an ageless quality that stands in contrast to the built in obsolescence prevalent in today’s world. Twenty five years ago we... More > built own stone house. We researched the available methods, and settled on the slip-form technique popularized by Scott and Helen Nearing. We made several major improvements including better slipforms, creation of a reveal at face of the stones, and foam insulation built into the walls.
We have organized our book into two parts. Part I: The Art of Building a House of Stone details an Advanced Slipform Construction Technique from the gathering of stones to the construction of finished structures with a special section detailing building Garden Walls. Part II: From Dream to Reality – Building Our House chronicles our building experience in the summer of 1979 and offers comments gleaned from living in our house for more than a quarter of a century.< Less

Randy Lemmon is the host of Houston's GardenLine radio program, on Newsradio 740 KTRH. Over 1.4 million Houstonians garden for a hobby or pastime, and GardenLine is where they listen for advice and... More > information on gardening and landscaping. Every Saturday and Sunday 6 a.m.-10 a.m., (on line at www.ktrh.com) GardenLine’s Randy Lemmon answers listeners' questions on everything from aphids to zoysias. He's Houston’s absolute expert on lawns and gardens, offering help to listeners both with and without "green thumbs." Randy's a Texas Aggie who truly KNOWS plants and flowers. He explains them with ease and candor, and is as competent a "plant" person as there is. He studies, and he practices. He embraces "new methods" as well as the "old" ways of dealing with problems. Gulf Coast Gardening with Randy Lemmon is the first in a series of self-published books by Randy Lemmon Consulting.< Less

A comprehensive book that covers all aspects of timber framing and hewn log construction. The book covers information on design, tree selection, tool selection, hewing, and framing.
The author... More > sequentially guides the builder through the process, revealing various options for every aspect of framing.
The book is profusely illustrated, relying on pictures to convey the process.
Whether one wishes to learn how to hew a timber, cut mortise and tenon joinery, create a King post truss or raise a timber frame by hand or with a crane, it is covered in this book.< Less

How far does planning control what we build? And what can we build without planning? SUB-PLAN investigates the moment when architecture appears to slip into insignificance – when it... More > doesn’t even need a planning application. Are the implications of minor development more significant than planners imagine?< Less

1001 GardenLine Questions is a collection of questions and Randy's answers from hundreds of his radio show listeners. It covers how to grow and kill things in the garden, especially for those along... More > the Gulf Coast and in the Houston-area specifically. This is a great follow-up and a perfect companion book to Randy's first Lulu-made book Gulf Coast Gardening with Randy Lemmon.< Less

This book is for anyone thinking about or already living off-grid. It includes detailed step-by-step plans for a solar cabin and over 30 other projects.
This is an encyclopedia for homesteading and... More > off-grid living written by a homesteader and includes cabin plans, solar and wind system installation, solar composting toilet, how to make a living from your homestead, where to find cheap land and much more...
This book was designed as an Ebook with links and videos that will not work in the printed version. If you want full color pics, links and videos to work please order the Ebook download or CD version available on Lulu.< Less

The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook 3rd ed. is designed to help wildlife management professionals, pest management professionals, home inspectors, and property managers identify damage caused by... More > vertebrate animals to structures, to landscapes, and to livestock.
The text has been revised thoroughly and expanded to provide more detailed information on more topics. The new layout and full-color printing are accented by more than 400 photographs and illustrations supporting the text.
The book is divided into two parts.
٠ Part 1 explains the theory and practice of inspection and provides strategies to identify animals by feces, bones, and eye-shine.
٠ Part 2 contains modules reviewing the damage left by the most common problem wildlife in the United States. Each species module summarizes the animal’s biology, scat, diseases, and damage to property and livestock.< Less

Das Kleine Dorf describes the concept, design and creation of Dick and Friedel Bailar's retirement "village" in Monticello, Florida. The volume includes narrative and pictures of the... More > process and all the buildings. It is a tribute to bavarian architecture, hand-made home-building and luftl-malerei - the art of exterior murals on stucco.< Less

Cattail Cabin: These are complete plans for building the 16x16 Cattail Cabin and includes plans for the porch and 10x16 addition. Also included are instructions for the basic solar power, water,... More > septic and heat systems. The book is full color with over 80 pictures and detailed diagrams with dimensions.< Less

4th Edition of this book, first published in 2007. The Barefoot Beekeeper has become something of a classic in its field, inspiring thousands of new, environmentally-aware beekeepers to re-think the... More > way bees have been treated since the middle of the nineteenth century and discover a new relationship with this unique and essential insect, responsible for pollinating many of our food crops.
Using home-made equipment and natural, chemical-free methods of management, this is beekeeping simplified. You can build your own hive and have honeybees buzzing around your garden in no time, with honey to spare!
Look out also for other books by this author, including:
Learning From Bees
Balanced Beekeeping (2 vols.)
www.biobees.com< Less

This book contains information regarding the dangers of GMO's and harmful herbicides/pesticides such as Round-Up and others which contain the poisonous Glyphosate and other harmful ingredients. It's... More > an awareness book meant for people who want to know the basics and dangers of the food we are consuming daily and what it is doing to us, our animals, insects, our water, our soil, our whole environment.< Less

Congratulations for taking the bull by the horns and putting your house up for sale! Not a lot of people have what it takes to sell their family home: Time, Energy, Knowledge (sales, real estate,... More > laws, paperwork), and Emotional Detachment. This guide, written by a seasoned real estate professional, gives you tips, tricks and secrets to selling your house while avoiding additional stress.< Less

When the time comes to sell your house or rental property, do yourself a favor and read this book first. A seasoned real estate professional shares her knowledge of what to look for, what to avoid... More > and what to expect. That knowledge will save you weeks of stress and thousands of dollars!< Less

If you've had your house on the market but no acceptable offers, this is the book for you. Seasoned real estate professional shares her knowledge to help you learn what to do, what not to do and what... More > to expect to get your house SOLD!< Less

Thinking of buying a home around San Diego, California? Before you start looking, read this book first. You'll learn what to look for, what to avoid, and what you need to know. This knowledge could... More > save you weeks of frustration and thousands of dollars!< Less

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